ROMI (Dir. Robert Cuffley) (10:00 mins)
A woman is terrorized by her virtual assistant after it dredges up an ugly event from her past.
MY TAKE: Creepy and clever…totally tweaked my distrust of Alexa-type devices!

THE THOUGHT OF YOU (Dir. Elvis Deane) (8:34 mins)
A woman tries to move on from the events of a violent night, but finds that it’s not only trauma that comes clawing back.
MY TAKE: This film oughta resonate with any victim of violence…

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https://tripletake.net/regan-covered-the-blood-in-the-snow-festival-in-november-2019-day-3-pt-2/#respondMon, 23 Mar 2020 20:25:59 +0000http://www.tripletake.net/?p=2163DEAD DICKS with short SKY SO BLUE, followed by THE NIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS with short ONE IN TWO PEOPLE

(Dir. Chris Bavota, Lee Paula Springer) TORONTO PREMIERE (83 mins)
After Becca receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie, she rushes over to his apartment and finds him alive and well – surrounded by copies of his own dead body.

MY TAKE: This is not the movie you expect it will be going in, even though there are Dicks, literal and as classy metaphoric descriptions. It’s about the cycle of death and rebirth. It’s about mental health and the traps it lays for those who suffer from it, as well as their loved ones who suffer along with them on their journey…

THE VIDEO STORE COMMERCIAL (Dirs. Cody Kennedy and Tim Rutherford) (4.10 mins)
A desperate video store owner hires a crew to shoot a commercial in his shop. But when they accidentally destroy a cursed VHS, suddenly, all their lives are in danger – and worse yet, the commercial may never get finished.

MY TAKE: A fun throwback to the 80s with a wickedly awesome supernatural creature!

NOW IS THE PRINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT (Dir. Michael Peeling) (10:25 mins)
After experiencing a series of unsettling events, a couple begins to fear that an evil printer may be at the centre of their paranoia…

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(Dir. Alexandre Franchi) TORONTO PREMIERE (97 mins)
Desperate to become less shallow, Stan, a handsome 19-year-old, deforms his face with bandages and attends a support group for people with facial differences after he learns his cancer-ridden mother will undergo invasive facial surgery. But when he’s exposed as an impostor, Stan strikes a deal with Vanessa, the obese, domineering workshop leader to let him stay and build up his immunity to ugliness, and in exchange he’ll train her disfigured patients on how to use their facial differences as a weapon against our beauty-obsessed culture.

]]>https://tripletake.net/regan-covered-the-blood-in-the-snow-festival-in-november-2019-day-2/feed/0Regan covered the Blood in the Snow Festival in November 2019 – Day 1!https://tripletake.net/regan-covered-the-blood-in-the-snow-festival-in-november-2019-day-1/
https://tripletake.net/regan-covered-the-blood-in-the-snow-festival-in-november-2019-day-1/#respondSun, 01 Mar 2020 20:09:23 +0000http://www.tripletake.net/?p=2157PUPPET KILLER, with shorts COPENHAGEN ROAD and THE FIRST AND LAST TIME

(Dir. Lisa Ovies) TORONTO PREMIERE (83 mins)
While celebrating Christmas at a cabin in the woods, a group of high school students are stalked by a psychotic killer obsessed with horror movie icons.

MY TAKE: I love it when a horror-comedy is more than just a parody, but rather an homage. Lisa Ovies says her film Puppet Killer is a love letter to all her favourite slasher and horror movies of the 80s…

Regan couldn’t resist having a bonus Day of the Dead Blog to wrap up her 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…check out her interview with a programmer at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Christian Burgess! Watch NOW…

Have you seen Day 12 of Regan’s 13 Horrifically Silly Days, in which she interviews Kelly Michael Stewart, director of the Blood in the Snow Film Festival, as well as some of the filmmakers? No? You must — check it out NOW!